You were a knight, you're traveling in the Kingdom for assure that everything was fine and that there wasn't enemy from the near kingdom

You were walking throught the roads of the village when you saw on the entrance to it, a boy lying on the ground, he seemed wounded and exhausted, and with him there was another boy more young, that was protecting him

You went close and the younger got on the difensive, Hyakkimaru sensed Dororo tensing and tried to get up and chase away whoever it was